On our last day, naturally enough, we went shopping and had lunch.  This is not terribly exciting to read about, but it did mean that I got to...

Reina Sofia has a lot of modern/ twentieth century art, as opposed to the old masters in the Prado. I prefer this sort of art, so I'm a little bias...

The Prado is one of the best known, and best, art museums in Europe. There are great little dispensers which give you mini catalogues for a Euro f...

Allie and I had managed to reserve tickets for the massive Picasso retrospective - it took several phone calls, because although my Spanish is OK i...

I can't remember exactly what I did on which days, and I can't completely remember what everything is called, so I'm happy to be corrected if ...

Allie and I hacn't seen each other for years.  Literally, years. I'd been in the US, she'd been busy, etc.  We met at the airport, and st...